Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 145 152
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 +48
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 122 152 210
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.11% 1.77% 1.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.74% 3.78% 4.85%
Number of salaries quoted 64 98 189
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £27,250 £27,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £39,500 £75,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £52,925 £85,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £31,500 £45,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -30.00% -9.09% +2.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,261 4,024 4,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 29.75% 46.92% 36.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,406 1,661 2,923
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +10.48% +0.96%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 4 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kent +36 58 £28,000 - 9
Thames Valley -15 28 £35,000 +27.27% 30
Hampshire -16 20 £34,500 -31.00% 14
Buckinghamshire +8 10 £35,000 -30.00% 13
East Sussex -2 9 £29,000 -64.85% 2
Berkshire -4 9 £33,500 -24.17% 11
Oxfordshire -4 9 £28,500 +3.64% 6
West Sussex +7 5 £40,000 +31.15% 6
Surrey -21 2 £42,375 -43.50% 1
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.92%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.46%) IIS
4 1 (0.82%) Confluence
4 1 (0.82%) WordPress
Applications
1 61 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 55 (45.08%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (44.26%) AWS
3 34 (27.87%) Azure
4 10 (8.20%) Power Platform
5 9 (7.38%) GitHub
6 8 (6.56%) GCP
7 7 (5.74%) Entra ID
8 6 (4.92%) Power Automate
8 6 (4.92%) PowerApps
9 4 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.64%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (1.64%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.82%) IaaS
11 1 (0.82%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.93%) DNS
2 15 (12.30%) DHCP
3 12 (9.84%) Internet
4 10 (8.20%) Firewall
4 10 (8.20%) Remote Desktop
4 10 (8.20%) TCP/IP
5 5 (4.10%) LAN
5 5 (4.10%) VPN
6 4 (3.28%) SAN
6 4 (3.28%) VLAN
6 4 (3.28%) Wireless
6 4 (3.28%) WLAN
7 3 (2.46%) WAN
8 2 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.82%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.82%) NAS
9 1 (0.82%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.82%) PBX
9 1 (0.82%) S/MIME
9 1 (0.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.38%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.92%) Power BI
3 3 (2.46%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.46%) Power Query
4 2 (1.64%) Metadata
4 2 (1.64%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.64%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.82%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (12.30%) JIRA
2 9 (7.38%) Git
General
1 80 (65.57%) Social Skills
2 44 (36.07%) French Language
3 40 (32.79%) Swedish Language
4 14 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (9.02%) Multimedia
6 10 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (7.38%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.92%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.28%) Legal
10 3 (2.46%) Military
10 3 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.46%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.82%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.82%) Automotive
11 1 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.82%) Electronics
11 1 (0.82%) Finance
Job Titles
1 48 (39.34%) Analyst
2 35 (28.69%) Service Analyst
2 35 (28.69%) Service Desk Analyst
3 27 (22.13%) IT Support
4 15 (12.30%) Senior
5 14 (11.48%) IT Engineer
5 14 (11.48%) Lead
5 14 (11.48%) Service Desk Team Leader
5 14 (11.48%) Team Leader
6 11 (9.02%) Trainee
7 9 (7.38%) IT Support Engineer
7 9 (7.38%) IT Support Technician
7 9 (7.38%) IT Technician
7 9 (7.38%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (7.38%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
7 9 (7.38%) Support Engineer
7 9 (7.38%) Support Technician
8 8 (6.56%) Developer
9 7 (5.74%) Trainee Developer
10 6 (4.92%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.30%) CSS
1 15 (12.30%) HTML
2 9 (7.38%) React
3 3 (2.46%) .NET
3 3 (2.46%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.64%) Tailwind CSS
4 2 (1.64%) Web Services
5 1 (0.82%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.28%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (2.46%) N-Tier
3 3 (2.46%) Smartphone
4 2 (1.64%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.64%) PKI
4 2 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.82%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.82%) CMDB
5 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.82%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 32 (26.23%) Windows
2 14 (11.48%) Windows Server
3 9 (7.38%) Android
4 7 (5.74%) Mac OS
4 7 (5.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (4.10%) Linux
5 5 (4.10%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (2.46%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.64%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.82%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (41.80%) ITSM
2 42 (34.43%) ITIL
3 40 (32.79%) Customer Service
4 29 (23.77%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (21.31%) Performance Metrics
6 25 (20.49%) Mentoring
7 19 (15.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (13.93%) Coaching
9 16 (13.11%) Service Management
10 15 (12.30%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (11.48%) Conflict Resolution
11 14 (11.48%) Knowledge Management
12 10 (8.20%) Analytics
13 9 (7.38%) Business Continuity
14 8 (6.56%) Process Improvement
15 7 (5.74%) CRM
15 7 (5.74%) Project Delivery
16 6 (4.92%) Business Intelligence
17 5 (4.10%) Agile
17 5 (4.10%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.30%) JavaScript
2 12 (9.84%) Python
3 10 (8.20%) SQL
4 7 (5.74%) C#
5 6 (4.92%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.28%) R
7 3 (2.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.64%) C
9 1 (0.82%) Bash
Qualifications
1 61 (50.00%) MCSE
2 55 (45.08%) Degree
3 46 (37.70%) AWS Certification
4 21 (17.21%) A+ Certification
5 18 (14.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 15 (12.30%) Azure Certification
7 12 (9.84%) Security Cleared
8 11 (9.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 10 (8.20%) SC Cleared
10 7 (5.74%) DBS Check
11 6 (4.92%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (4.92%) MCSA
12 5 (4.10%) CCNA
13 3 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (2.46%) CISSP
13 3 (2.46%) DV Cleared
13 3 (2.46%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (2.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (1.64%) OCP
14 2 (1.64%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (22.95%) QA
2 3 (2.46%) GDPR
3 1 (0.82%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.82%) NIST
3 1 (0.82%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.82%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (33.61%) Active Directory
2 18 (14.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.92%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.28%) QRadar
3 3 (2.46%) WSUS
4 2 (1.64%) Nessus
5 1 (0.82%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.82%) SCCM
5 1 (0.82%) SCOM
5 1 (0.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 116 (95.08%) Microsoft
2 35 (28.69%) ServiceNow
3 22 (18.03%) VMware
4 9 (7.38%) Google
5 8 (6.56%) Apple
6 4 (3.28%) Dell
6 4 (3.28%) LogRhythm
7 3 (2.46%) Cisco
7 3 (2.46%) Citrix
8 2 (1.64%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.64%) Juniper
8 2 (1.64%) Mitel
8 2 (1.64%) Oracle
8 2 (1.64%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.64%) Veeam
9 1 (0.82%) Draytek
9 1 (0.82%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.82%) SonicWALL
9 1 (0.82%) Thales
9 1 (0.82%) WatchGuard